A pair of Brooklyn landlords are facing $5,000 in new building violations after finally ousting squatters who allegedly had been brought into their homes by a convicted sex abuser currently facing …
Just as the NYPD and a city marshal finally ousted 10 people who had been illegally living in Mohammad Choudhary and Boysin Lorick’s trio of dilapidated Neptune Avenue homes, the Buildings Department swooped in and issued $5,000 in violations, the landlords charged.The hapless homeowners purchased the crumbling structures in Coney Island for $1.3 million as an investment in 2019, only to find Peter Fonseca, 45, living in a garage behind 3508 Neptune Ave.
Choudhary and Lorick were stuck out of town for months during the pandemic, and returned to find Fonseca and his wife, Trina,, the landlords claim. DOB meanwhile buried the pair with more than $370,000 in violations and fines for the houses’ decaying condition — even though the squatters prevented the two from making repairs.
Lorick and Choudhary had struggled for years to evict squatters from their Neptune Avenue properties brought in by a convicted sex offender.The landlords had racked up more than $370,000 in fines for their houses’ decaying conditions.The landlords were fined $5,000 after DOB inspectors found a garage had been illegally converted into an apartment.The latest slap from the city came after inspectors found a garage had been converted by Fonseca into an illegal apartment.
“Inspectors knew that we have no control over property and we have suffered heavy losses,” Choudhary said, estimating they owe an additional $100,000 in taxes and utilities. “Still they are issuing us violations.” Property owners are required to keep their properties in “safe and code compliant condition at all times,” DOB spokesman Andrew Rudansky said, adding Choudhary and Lorick could present a defense at a violation hearing if they “believe they are not responsible for the unpermitted work.”
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